For CMs. Off, '67
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Plans ore being v made
foricommeneornent exer-:
cises to be : held at Per
quimans County High
School .. on1 Sunday and
Monday nights, June 4-5
at 8 o'clock. Rev." G. E.
Arnold of the- Hertford.
Assembly of Cod Church'
will deliver the baccalau
reaie sermon. Rev. Win
ford " Clifton of the Up
Rtvfcr Friends Meeting will
givq the - invocation .-. and'
the t benediction and Rev.
Waller. A. Henricks of the
Holy: Trinity 'Episcopal
Church - wyi .read the
Scripture lesson and offer-,
the Jprayer. .
: Special music will be
presented . by ; the m High
School Glee : Club under
the direction of Mifes Caro
line! Wright. '
There are 53 candidates
in line for the presentation
of diplomas. The valedic
tory! will be given by Joe
HaskctV son of Mr. and
Mrs, " Ray Haskett. The
saluiatory will be deliver
ed by Lela Mae Long, the
daughter of Mr.' and Mrs.
Freeman S. t Long. , Jan
White, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Ray White, and Joyce
Coptland, daughter of Mr:'
and -Mrs. Harold Copeland,
will, present the history of
the class of 1967.
The program will begin
with the in vocatipn by
Grant Chappell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Chappell.
The benediction I by Phil
Graham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Graham, will
Continued on Pare 6 .
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BECK AND ELEY GRADUATE George Gregory
. peek, 'son of Mrs. Eugenia Gregory Beck, was among
r 216 graduates receiving diplomas and degrees at Cho-
wan College on Sunday during commencement exer-
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Also from Hertford, "James Sidney Elevi son of
Mr.: and Mrs. Clinton T. ley, was among the gradu
ate receiving diplomas and degrees at Chowan's com
mencement exercises held Sunday.-t t f 'j r
Services Held
For Mrs. Carver
Mrs. Melba Butt Carver,
72, mother of Mrs. Annie
White of Hertford, died on
Saturday in the home of a
daughter, Mrs. W. D. John
son in Conway after a
short illness,
A : native of Perquimans
County, she was the wife
of John Carver.
. She was a member of the
.Woman's; Society of Chris
tian Service of Jackson
Methodist Church, s ? f -
,Qther iurvivtiriiaref an-
qther, daughter; MrsRJH,
: Boyet of Virginia' Beach'; a,
son, J. I). Carver of Jack
son, nine grandchildren
and five great-grandchild
vdren. , " , ,;' '
,:5 A iAunefalV serviee'-wasr,1
''held Monday, at I:W in the
' Jackson ftfethodlst Church:
by ; the Rev. Everett Jack
BDn.1, Burial was in the
Rountree ' Cemetery, near
Whiteston i with ., Jackson
Fuheral Home in charge."
r i TO GaACUATE ,
' Edna obb Chppell ; of
Rt 1, Eelvidere, is can
didate for the t ' dor of
t arts deiee Jij.,r liolpgy
front the,,, Unis of
o'rth'T- "-pcfcC:
at comii JntuC.rp'-s
Students Attend
Sports Banquet
' On May 18 eleven rep
resentatives and three
adults from Perquimans
High School attended the
All Conference Banquet
held at Bertie High School.
Ray Winslow, Carl Bate
many Tim i Riddick, Jan
White and Joe Haskett
went - as k All - Conference
title winners.
'Linda- Owens, Tommy
Long, Reggie Winslow,
Herbert Watson,, Donald
Perry, Carolyn Morgan and
Peggy Copeland . represent
ed various sports and the
cheerleaders. -Also ' at
tending "were Mr. Byrum,
Mr.. Carter "and Mr. Tice.
Perquimans brought
home the baseball cham
pionship, trophy and will
share v with Northampton
the sportsmanship trophy.
. Congratulations ' are in
order - for the All-Conference
.winners and the teams
themselves, , for it takes
everyone to win the sports
manship trophy. ,
COMMISSIONERS
WILL MEET' ttONDAY-
Perquimans County Com
missioners will hold their
June meeting next Mon
day, June 5, beginning at
, 10 o'clock at the Court
House. .
V Persons desiring to con
fer with the Board, are re
quested to nots the time
and Place of the meeting.'
Pharmacy Ilere
Set&New Hours
Sid Harmon, owner of
Harmon's, , Pharmacy, an
nounced . today that bc-;
ginning next Wednesday
June -7, that Harmon's
Pharmacy will begin clos
ing each Wednesday after
noon at 1 o'clock in ob
servance, of the summer
holiday schedule with oth
er business places here. -
The pharmacy will ob
serve this schedule during
the summer months and
will' go back to its orig
inal schedule of open each
. Wednesday afternoon on
Wednesday September' 6,
1987., , : " .
Bible Course;
ToBeught
1 Vacation ' Church School
will begin on Monday, June
Friday, June 9, at the First
Methodist Church in Hert
ford. , Each, morning's ses
, sion will be held from 9
until 11:30. - , ,
. Children of kindergarten
age through the sixth grade
may attend. ,A child Irt
Nursery I may enroll If
fcis. mother is ' teaching' In
the I school.'.- ' ' '
nOpen 'Ho. tcwill bVMd
'OHf Friday: e veiling, June
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Dealli Claims
A. R. Harris
; Alton 'Ray, Harris, 38,
died Saturday morning at
; 5:45 o'clock in Norfolk
'General Hosdltal following
va long illness. A native of
Perquimans County, he
was 1 the son of Mrs. Lillie
Elliott Harris of Route 1,
Hertford, and the late
John Trotman Harris and
the husband of Mrs. Amy
Van Roach Harris.
He was a member of
Epworth Methodist Church
where he was a , former
Sunday School teacher, a
member of Parkville Ruri
tan Club and the Life Un
derwriters Club. He was
employed by the Pilot Life
Insurance Company-
Besides his wife and
mother, he . is survived by
a son, Mitchell Van Har
ris; a daughter, Miss Leah
Vic Harris,' both erf the
home; five sisters, Mrs.
Lillian Phillips, Mrs. Inez
Corprew, Mrs. Eleanor,
Skinner and Mrs. Lorraine
Simpson, all of Route 1,
Hertford, and Mrs. Vir
ginia Alderson of Norfolk;
three brothers, Arthur
Harris of ' Moncalm, W.
Pa., Clyde Harris of Vir
ginia Beach, Va., and
Thomas E. Harris of Route
1, Hertford. '
: Funeral services were
held Sunday at 2 o'clock
in Epworth Methodist
Church by Rev.' Frank
Parham, pastor.' '
"'Be Still My, Soul" was
sung by Mr. . and " Mrs.
Raymond Stanton, Mrs.
Charles Smith and Miss
Janice Ray Stanton. They
were accompanied by Mrs.
Walter Nowell, organist.
The casket was draped
with an American flag.
The casket pall was made
of white chrysanthemums,
white stock, red carnations
and fern.
. Pallbearejr. werfr r Dwfe;
ward Barber, Jr Joel Hol
lowell, Jr.t Roy. Stalllngs,
Bobby Corprew1, Horace
Cohoon and George T.
Reach .Jr.. v
Burial was ' in Cedar
GroVe Cemetery.
BibieSchoor
Begins Monday
"Walking Jesus Way" is
the name of the course to
be taught at the New Hope
Methodist Church, Durants
Neck, N. C., beginning on
Monday, June 5 and con
tinuing through Friday,
June 9. ---
Classes for nursery, pre
school through Junior High
pupils, will be held in the
morning from 8:30 A. M.t
until 11:30 A. M.. daily
through the week,
The following teachers,
are planning many, fea
tures including crafts, song
time, refreshments,-'', and
many other ' enjoyable
things to do each day, ;,(
i. Pre-school teachers arec
Anna Chambers arid Mar
jorie Banks. ,
. Beginners: Mrs. Norman
Godfrey and Mrs. Gerald
Adams. ,
! Primaries: Mm. Bobbv
Jones, Miss Joan Vohn and
Mrs. Charlie Perry. 1
: Primaries' Mrs; , f red
Jones and Mrs. Sue Har
rell. .
Juniors: Mrs. Bn Cham
bers and Mrs. Ernest Sut
ton. ',
' Junior High: M. fjlaude
Wilson, Mrs. Carl Goldman
and Mrs. Betty Kilmah.
Director of the, New
Hope Vacation Bible School
is Mrs. James Godfrey who
urges all children, Ages 3
through 15 to attend. VBS
is designed to help. 'pupils
grow tn their
livei !?- H'l
TRIP WINNERS
BACK FROM FLORIDA
. Mrs. Louis Winslow and
Mrs. George'Wiisldw, . op
erators of the LWs Wins
low Electric Y. Appliance
Store' at Jjelvfdere, have
just returned iront 8 four
day trip to, M$ml fecach.
They; were ',gufcs,ta ' o. .Ca
roliha' Sales Oorrf9ratj,on.,at
'ie Eden Roc.IJpf ,,,. ,
4alers ,,asi a relt of,.aell
ing the most ,app)iimces..i ,
Swindell Adds
. Marion S'.' Swindell an
nounced this week that W.
Charles Eley is now asso
ciated with i his firm,
Swindell Funeral Home, as
an embalmer and funeral
director. Eley, who re
cently graduated from rthe
Cincinnati College of
"Our Legion Flag. Dfey
parade is shaping up ' and
looks as if we will have
a good patriotic parade in
Hertford on June 14," said
C. T. Skinner, Jr., parade
chairman. The need for
more respect for the Am
erican flag, more patriot
ism "by citizens of this
country and support of our
servicemen are tre prime
reasons for the Flag Day
parade.
Captain William H.
Hardcastle, Jr., USN, 'a
Hertford native, will be
the parade marshal. Cap
tain Hardcastle, a veteran
of World War II. the Ko
rean War and the Vietnaii
War, is a staff officer wilfi
the Atlantic Fleet! Core
mand-in NerfoikVaf ,;fr
Units participating in the
parade will be the ; Atlantic
Fleet Navy Band, Per
quimans County. Marching
Unit, Perquimans Union
School Band, Boy Scouts,
Cub Scouts, Junior Legion
Auxiliary members and the
Perquimans Horse and
Pony Club.
World War I veterans of
i . . ;
'A.
' ' )
I J
W. Charles E:ey U
Legion Parade
!
Faculty Honors Three Local Teachers
1 ' ' M ' g4 .... . 1
i J: " a
- , ' f - . I t
1 A'S
1 King A. WUUams
( 1 to the county for the past V -..s Y I
M 28-43 years. Mrs. Simons v
y in elementary education; V,
j Mr. Williams in agricul- I
, ture and Mr. Privott sci- J j .
Mrs. Annie E. Simons
The faculty of Perquim
ans County Union School
paid tribute, to; Mrs. Annie
E! ., Simons, .Walter R.
Privott , and ; King,. A.'. Wil
liams , in. the . form of a
banquet given at the. Holi
day Inn ,in. Elizabeth, , City.
n - The ; above named teach
ers have, .rendered services
Eite Memorial Books Given To
l n.
Five ' memorial books
were given to the Perquim
ans County : Library this
week. They are,: This is
the Holy Land,, by Sheen
and Morton; and America
and Americans,, by Stein
beck, both 'in memory of
Mr. Simon Rutenberg; A
Guide : to' Garden Shrubs
.and'TreeSi a by.Taylou 4n
.nifimory, , pt, .. jMik''. Wallace
iMorgftQ. ,uTlSii,Beab.iOf 'the
JPWtnn by sirplu,i end Utt
.derstandin g Musi 0,(1 by
Newman, botjj.. to memory
Eley To Staff
Mortuary Science, received
his state license last week
after passing the state
board examinations. He
has also passed his Na
tional Embalming Board,
Eley, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton T. Eley of
Pennsylvania Avenue, is a
graduate . of Perquimans
County High School and
attended Chowan College
for a year prior to serving
his two year apprentice
ship under Swindell and
attending embalming school
for 12 months. While in
Cincinnati, . he served as
chaplain of the Pi1 Sigma
Eta fraternity. He is a
member of the Methodist
Church and is a member
of Perquimans Masonic
Lodge No. 106, A. F. &
! A. M.
He and Miss Jo Ann
i Rogers, a member of the
Hertford Grammar School
faculty, will be married
on June IS in the Wil
li?mston Methodist Church.
Slated June 14
Post 126 will be special
guests and will ride in the
parade. Commander Bob
Davis of the North Caro
lina Department of Ameri
can Legion, as well as
other state and local Le
gion officials, will be on
hand for the parade.
The William Paul Stal
lings Post 126 is partici
pating in a national Le
gion program, ''New Glorv
For Old Glory," during the
first 12 days of June. This
program is to encourage
citizens tof have their Am
erican .'flags- cleaned and in
good shape to display on
June 14, Flag Day. Zack
Robertson of Robertson's
.Xleanewand' Ms.- liio
beth Harrell of Cannon's
Cleaners are joining in this
Legion program ' and. will
dry' clean, free of charge,
any American flag brought
to them during June 1-2.
Both Mrs. Harrell and Mr.
Robertson, who have been
offering this free flag
cleaning service for years,
are endorsing this Legion
program.
to the county for the past
28-43 years. Mrs. Simons
in elementary education;
Mr. Williams in agricul
ture and Mr. Privott sci
ence and football coach.
The principal, J. A.
Dempsey, acted as toast
master. Tribunal speeches
were made by Mrs. Pearl
Jackson, Georga N. Re id
and Mrs. Mable W. Strowd.
Teaching is a process of
becoming that continues
throughout life, never
completely achieved, never
completely denied. This
is the challenge and the
of Tommy Wilder.
The library also has two
large print books for read
ers whose eyesight is not
good enough to read aver
age, size print.. These two
are Black Tide, by Lane;
an adventue of the sea, and
The Case of the Step
daughter's Secret, by Card-.
ner. a Other of . these so
? caned "sight-sayer ' books"
have been ordered and 'will
beMn the" library; as 'soon i
as they are available from
, the publisher, '
. 1.1
Lt Phillips
Second Lieut. E. fraftoh:.
Phillips, Jr., U. S. M;
rine Corps, son of Mr. and '
Mrs. E. T. Phillips, Sr., of
Route 1, Hertford, was re
cently awarded the Navy
Commendation Medal at
Marine Corps Air Station,
Beaufort, S. C, lor service
in Vietnam. His citation
reads in part:
"For heroic achievement
while serving as a port
side gunner with Marine
Medium Helicopter Sqd.,
364 in connection with op
erations against insurgent
comoiunist (Viet Cong)
forces in the Republic of
Viet Nam.
On March 28, 1966, while
participating in an emerg
ency medical evacuation of
if o u r wounded Marines
during operation Indiana
north of Quang Ngai,
Phillips displayed excep
tional fortitude and pro
fessionalism in providing
accurate and deadly sup
pressive fire during his
aircraft's first two attempts
to land in a hostile zone.
On the third attempt, a
landing was made despite
continuing heavy enemy
fire, and again Phillips ef
fectively suppressed the
incoming fire during the
time the helicopter was in
the zone. His intrepid
fighting spirit ::nd valiant
effort throughout contri
buted greatly to the afety
of his aircraft and his fel
low crewmen during the
hazardous mission. By his
outstanding professional
skill, determination and
loyal devotion to duty
throughout, Phillips up
held the finest traditions
of the United States Naval
Service.
Members of Lieut. Phil
lip's Air Group, Marine
, AircrafLGrjuialfi. were
also recently awarded the
Navy Unit Commendation
Medal for outstanding per
'formance. in operations in
Vietnam. ,; .
' Lieut. Phillips is cur
rently serving as assistant
provost marshal , (military
police) at Marine' Corps
Air Station, Beaufort, S. C.
He resides at Eldenberry
Drive, Laurel Bay Gover
nor's Quarters.
Walter R. Privott
fun of being a teacher.
There is no ultimate end
to the '. process. ' These
persons fulfilled the ,phaN
lenge. , , ,
The affair was .climaxed
by the presentation, of, a
sterling silver tray to. Mrs.
Simons, a plaque to -Mr-Williams
and a goldenjfoot
ball to Mr. Privott. . -r
Local Library
: Bpginning June 2, the li
brary will operate on its
regular summer schedule
open until 5 P. M., on
regular atferr.oons and
closed on Saturday after
noons until after Labor Day.
PCHS STUDENT
COUNCIL PICNIC
The Student Council of
Perquimans County jfljgh ! i
School "had the'iiv- annual .-!
at Sandy Point Beach.ii tyt
picnic began ratif", 8,,,?, . M.
lust' thui'iday. ' ": "'
Javcces Hnnm- JhxoQ
' Wandard
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V. N. Uaiden
The Hertfoid Jaycees
held their arnua! installa
tion officers banquet
mid presented awards to
Mayor V. N. Darden, Miss
Thelma Elliott and to the
Teenager of the Year Joe
Haskett, here last Wednes
day night at the Hertford
Granrmar School.
Luther Britt installed the
new officers for the year:
Tom Brown, president;
Buddy Tilley, vice presi
dent; secretary, Carlton
Boyce; treasurer, Frank
Mansfield; state director,
Ed Nixon, and the board
of directors, Weily White,
Al Everson and Bobby
Heath. Chaplain, Dargan
Harrell; editor, Joe Rog
erscn and parliamentarian,
Sidney Harmon.
Welly White was the
outgoing president. White
was master of ceremonies
for the . banquet. The
call to order was by Joe
Rogerson. Invocation was
given by Dargan Harrell.
The dinner followed.
Introduction of guests
wts made by President
White. The presentation
of outstanding community
"service" awards :, was 'made
by Sidney Harmon, who
presented Mayor V. N.
Darden with th? Outstand
ing Community Service
Award. '
In making the award,
Mayor Darden's life was
reviewed. He came to
Hertford in 1910 at the
age of 18 to serve as an
apprentice clerk in a de
partment store. After
three ' years in Hertford,
he became a partner in
the store and now is sole
owner of Darden's Depart
ment Store. ;
Mayor Darden's public
service began when he
was elected to the Town
Commission in 1937. Short
ly afterwards he was ap
pointed Mayor of the
Town of Hertford to fill
Miss Saunders
Taken In Death
Miss Martha Emily (Mat
tie) Saunders, 86, passed
away Monday night at 7:25
in the Albemarle Hospi
tal. She was the daughter
of the late Albert and Eliza
Chappell Saunders and a
member of Cedar Grove
Friends Meeting in Wood
land. 1; .
She was a native of Per
quimans County but resid
ed in Chowan County for a
number of years.
"Miss Mattie" was a re
tired school teacher. ' In
later years .she spent much
time for united peace
throughout the world.
Surviving aie ,-,a .sister-in-law,
' Mrs. Gideon Sau,n
ders jof, Route l,,Behidere
and' several nieces and ne
phews. ,
A funeral service was
held Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 in the Upriver
Friends Meeting House
with an open meeting for
worship in the manner of
Friends. George Parker of
Woodland was at the head
of ? the meeting. Burial
was in, Upriver Cemetery. ;
, . A. request of -1 no f lowens
was ."made. Anyone .desir-
jng may, contribute to the
. American Bible Society!, 440
Park . Avenue, S.; - New
Yovfc, N. Y. 10018.
Printing '
iryiW'i..n
Miss 'lnciiiia Ehiott
the unexpired term of
Silas Whedbee. then May
er, who resigned to become
Postmaster.
Darden has continually
been re-elected Mayor and
has served continuously in
this capacity for 29 years.
Along with his duties as
Mayor, he assumed the
title of chief of police,
fire chief and town man
ager. He holds a 50-year
service certificate with the
Fire Department. During
his tenure as Mayor he
has seen Hertford go from
dirt streets and brakish
drinking water to a town
with all modern utilities.
Mayor Darden points to
the construction of the
construction of the Muni
cipal Building in 1952 and
the replacements of two
slum areas with new low
rent housing, as two of his
most significant achieve
ments. Mayor Darden is
known as the man who
gets the job done without
a lot of ifanfare.
Harmon also presented
Miss Thelma Elliott with
an Outstanding Commun
ity Service Award Mrs. EI
don Winslow, sister of
Miss . Elliott, .accepted the
award in the absence of
Miss Elliott. In makine
the presentation Harmon
said "Miss Elliott is a native-
of Perquimans Coun
ty. She graduated from
East Carolina College, and
holds an AB and Masters
degree. She returned to
Hertford in 1948 to assume
the principal's position at
t h e Hertford Grammar
School. She has been ac
tive in the First Methodist
Church as a Sunday School
teacher. She is a lifetime
member of the PTA. U
past president of (Delta
Kcippa G'j'mrna, which is a
national honor society for
teachers. The PTA recent
ly honored her by present
ing a portrait of Miss El
liott to the Hertfoid Gram
Continued on Page 6
I Hnrsp Shnw
Plans Made
With tne success of their
last show behind them, the
Perquimans County Horsr
and Pony Club has plan
ned another show for June
11. The fun will begin at
2:00 P. M Sunday after
noon in the Club's rink on
the Preston Nixon farm 2
miles west of Hertford.
Events to be featured
at this show include: West
ern Pleasure (and and un
der) (Perquimans mem
bers), (open); Ring Spear
Continued on Page 6
Winslow Earns
Degree AtACC
WILSON, NC. -Harry
Walton Winslow? Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Winslow, 716 Grubb St,;
Hertford, was among 250 '
seniors : to be graduated
from Atlantic Christian
College on May 29.
A 1963 graduate of Per-5
quimans County High v
School, he was awarded the
B. S. degree in business
administration. He is a
member of Phi Beta Lamb
da business faternity.
Note to Editor:
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td' otrr"cOmmencement. 1 We ;
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